CONWAY, S.C. – BU women's lacrosse (5-1, 0-0 PL) dropped a close 13-9 decision at Coastal Carolina (3-2, 0-0 ASUN) on Tuesday. In the loss, six separate Terriers scored and junior netminder Reilly Agres made 11 saves.
 
Sophomore Matty Spaeth led the Terriers in goals with three for her second hat trick of the season. Of her three goals, one was BU's first of the game and one was the ninth and final goal for the Terriers. The only other Terrier to score multiple goals on the day was freshman Jayne Feeney with two.
 
Grad student Maddie MacMaster grabbed her 10th goal of the season and sophomore Libby Carbo extended her points-streak to three games with a goal of her own. Both sophomore Abby Cotraro and freshman Elle Stevenson also had one goal apiece in the game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a slow start, Coastal Carolina got on the board with a goal at 11:09 in the opening stanza.
• Spaeth scored soon after, unassisted, to tie things up 1-1.
• CCU scored two additional times with goals at the 8:58 and 5:45 marks.
• Spaeth registered her second goal of the game with 3:21 to go in the first to close out the scoring in the first quarter.
• The second quarter started much like the first, but this time MacMaster scored at the 11:10 mark.
• Coastal then responded with two goals of its own, both of which came from Alyson Mascolo.
• With 5:17 to go in the half, Feeney found Carbo who gave BU its fourth goal of the game.
• After CCU scored another goal, Feeney followed up with a goal of her own for the final Terrier goal of the half. 
• With a Chanticleer goal late in the second, BU went into the half down 7-5.
• CCU struck first in the third quarter with a goal just over a minute and a half into play.
• At the 11:19 mark, Feeney logged her second goal of the day, unassisted.
• Two goals in CCU's favor propelled them to double digits with 10 goals on the day.
• Cotraro scored her fifth goal of the season thanks to help from MacMaster to register the final goal of the third at the 5:02 mark.
• The Chanticleers scored first in the final quarter at 13:40 for the quickest goal in a quarter all game.
• Stevenson notched her second career goal with help from Feeney.
• With 8:17 to go, CCU grabbed its 12th goal of the game.
• With 2:00 to go in the game, Spaeth completed her hat trick and gave BU its ninth and final goal of the game.
• The Chanticleers found the back of the net once more before the close of the game to bring the final score to CCU 13, BU 9.

 
GAME NOTES

• CCU outshot BU 25 to 20.
• The Terriers registered the most draw controls with 18 compared to the Chanticleers' eight.
• BU scooped up 18 ground balls in the game for the third-highest total in that category this season.
• The Terriers made 12 saves while the Chanticleers made 11.
• One Terrier has scored at least a hat trick in each game this season.

 
UP NEXT

• BU will travel to Army West Point for its first Patriot League game of the season on Saturday (March 11). Opening draw is set for noon.